TC Daily Pit Stop: McDowell Racked Up Second-Most Points with Top-Five Finish in Mexico City; Pocono Entry Lists Are Here
TC Daily Pit Stop: Tuesday, June 17th, 2025
Michael McDowell Racks Up Second-Most Points in Fifth-Place Run in Mexico City
He may not have won Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, but Michael McDowell had an excellent points day as he amassed the second-highest total of points (45) on his path to a fifth-place finish in Mexico City.
The driver of the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet pocketed 13 Stage Points, and despite seeing his strategy blown apart during a green flag pit sequence, he was able to battle back from 15th to finish 5th over the final 32 laps of Sunday’s race.
“Overall, it was a great day for the No. 71 B’laster Chevrolet team. We’re bummed out,” McDowell said after the race. “Our Chevrolet was fast. I felt like our strategy was going to work out there. We were just a few laps away from it working out, but unfortunately, the caution came out. It happens. You can’t plan for everything.”
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POCONO ENTRY LISTS
There are 37 cars on the NASCAR Cup Series The Great American Getaway 400 entry list for Sunday’s race at Pocono Raceway. The most notable entry is Brennan Poole, making his first NASCAR Cup Series start since 2023, in the No. 44 NY Racing “Open” entry.
There are 38 cars on the entry list for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Explore the Pocono Mountains 250 at Pocono Raceway. Notables: 07 Emerling, 17 Elliott, 19 Bonsignore, 35 Carson Ware, 53 TBA.
There are 34 trucks on the preliminary entry list for Friday’s MillerTech Battery 200 at Pocono Raceway (expected to be 35 with the addition of a truck from Mike Harmon Racing). Notables: 07 Emerling, 1 Brandon Jones, 2 Dennison, 6 Benning, 7 Hocevar, 22 Clayton Green, 44 Conner Jones, 66 Baldwin.
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